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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, December 4, 1941
Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE.
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THE HEPPNER TIMES.
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Official Paper for Morrow County
Welcome Growers
TT is with sincere appreciation of
an industry that has played a ma
jor part in the building of this com
munity that Heppner today extends
hearty welcome to attendants at the
fourteenth annual Eastern Oregon
Wheat League conference.
The rolling wheat fields come to
the western edge of town as a 'con
stant reminder that without wheat
there would not be much of a city
or much of a county here. And what
is true in Heppner is true in a ma
jority of towns and cities through
out eastern Oregon's broad wheat
belt, one of the breadbaskets of the
world.
Heppner felt somewhat skeptical
of having sufficient facilities to take
care of so large an assemblage as
was present at last year's conference
in Pendleton. But, with expression
from every hand that the folks would
like to come here, the powers that
be got busy. The local committee
has done a good job of lining up all
available facilities. We can but hope
now that they will be adequate. Cer
tain, it appears, they will be strain
ed, for attendance figures this year
show promise of exceeding all of
former years.
So, in greeting you, growers, and
you who are otherwise connected
with the great wheat industry, we
humbly offer you our best. We are
proud and glad that you have come,
and when it is all over, we sincerely
hope that you will want to come
again.
3557 Elk Taken in
Eastern Oregon
A total of 3557 elk was killed in
the eastern Oregon area during the
recent elk season, according to fig
ures released by the Oregon State
Game commission.
Records compiled at checking sta
tions maintained by the commission
showed that 8733 hunters checked
into the hunting area, and consider
ing the duplications, it was estimat
ed that approximately 8000 hunters
engaged in the elk hunt.
Of the 3557 elk killed, 11G9 were
bulls, 1727 were cows and 661 were
calves.
Late last August, an elk season
was held in portions of Coos and
Douglas counties. A total of 972
hunters checked into this area and
brought out a total of 184 bulls. The
western Oregon season was confined
to bulls only.
More Pastures to
Save Farm Labor
The more nearly dairy farmers
can arrange for a year-round pas
ture system, the less they will be
bothered by labor shortage next
year, points out E. R. Jackman, ex
tension farm crops specialist, in list
ing a number of ways Oregon farm
ers can prepare in advance to cheat
next year's labor shortage bogie.
When dairy cows are on pasture,
labor is reduced by more than one
half, as compared with feeding har
vested crops, Jackman points out.
Hogs can also get part of their feed
from pasture, with alfalfa and rape
being the best bets for them. Pigs
on such pastures need only half as
much protein supplements for bal
anced rations.
For dairy farms a high percentage
of land in hay and pasture has been
found most profitable. Coast farms
particularly have adopted this plan,
preferring to buy grain produced in
regions where growers specialize in
grain crops.
Mrs. Ada Cason sustained a frac
tured wrist Saturday when she fell
on the back porch at her home.
SHERMAN COUNTY EXPERIMENT STATION
From these acres have come many varieties of wheat to increase
profits of growers.
TREE.NURSERY AT MORO STATION
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Hop Growers Get
Premium Prices
Through New Aid
A hop analysis service establish
ed at Oregon State college recently
is making it possible for Pacific
coast growers to obtain premium
prices for certain grades of hops
formerly imported from other coun
tries. The method of analyzing hops
for percentage of seeds and other
characteristics was developed under
a research program financed by a
special legislative appropriation and
now constitutes the only such offi
cial hop analytical service in the
United States, if not in the world.
At the end of this season this lab
oratory, under the supervision of
Dr. D. D. Hill, associate agronomist
will have analyzed more than 2000
hop samples from this year's crop,
an increase of 35 per cent over last
year, and 800 per cent over the year
before.
"Since war conditions have cut
off supplies of foreign seedless hops,
hop firms have been forced to rely
on native production and to pay
premiums for hops having a low
percentage of leaves, stems, and
seeds," Di. Hill explains. "In most
of the present buying and selling
contracts, the percentages of impur
ities and seeds are stipulated based
on reports from the college lab
oratory." A small state appropriation in 1938
for hop quality studies resulted in
the working out of a short method
of analysis several years ahead of
the current need or demand for
analytical work. In 1939, the Hop
Stabilization corporation, a federal
agency created to stabilize prices of
hops, requested analysis of about
250 samples. The farm crops de
partment had the only suitable me
thod of analysis and facilities to do
the work. Last year the war condi
tion caused a real need for hop
analysis and the demand increased
enormously.
Although the analytical work is
being done by students in agricul
ture, the department has experienc
ed difficulty obtaining enough stu
dents to keep up with the number
of requests for analysis. The lab
oratory is now self-supporting by
charging a small fee for each sample
analyzed.
New Sheer Cotton
Hose at Oregon Stores
,The new type cotton stockings in
full fashioned sheer and light
weights, as well as those for heav
ier service, are now available in
larger shopping centers in Oregon,
reports Miss Lucy Lane, specialist
in clothing and textiles at Oregon
State college. The many new styles
Diet Quality Not
Just Matter of Cost
The amount a family spends for
food by no means determines whe
ther it will have a good or poor diet,
says Dr. Helen Mitchell of Wash
ington, D. C, who recently attend
end the state nutrition institute in
Portland and later addressed sever
al groups at Oregon State college.
Dr. Mitchell is chief nutritionist in
the national organization concerned
with furthering nutrition for defense.
Studies carried out by Dr. Hazel
K. Stiebeling of the bureau of home
economics, were cited by Dr. Mitch
ell as showing that families over
the country are getting diets vary
ing widely in quality even when
they spend exactly the same amount
for food .
$2,106 TAX A MINUTE
It has been estimated that state
and federal gasoline taxes amount
to $2,106 a minute, or $35.10 a sec
ond, throughout the year, according
to the Oregon State Motor associa
tion. Total state, local, and federal
motor vehicle taxes amount to ap
proximately $3,333 a minute or $55.55
a second.
FARMERS ASKED TO
COLLECT AND SELL
MORE SCRAP IRON
Oregon farmers have been asked
to participate in the nationwide
campaign for the collection of scrap
iron and steel to aid the defense
program. Farms of the United
States are considered one of the
most important sources of scrap sup
plies, which are now urgently need
ed for use by steel manufacturers
for combining with pig iron.
Robert B. Taylor of Adams, chair
man of the Oregon USDA defense
board, is asking the cooperation of
all county boards in carrying on a
drive for the collection of scrap in
connection with the current cam
paign to see that usable machinery
is repaired early for use next year.
A graduated scale of prices for
farm scrap throughout the United
States, based on distance from con
suming centers, has been set up so
that farmers will know approxim
ately what they will receive for
their material at the various as
sembling points. For Oregon a price
of 61 cents per hundred pounds at
Portland has been established. The
amount received by the farmers,
however, will be this price less the
cost of shipping to Portland and the
cost of preparing the scrap for ship
ment to the steel mills, the latter
being approximately 12 cents per
hundred pounds.
SHIP
Y TRUCK
The Dalles Freight Line, Inc.
SERVICE BETWEEN
PORTLAND : THE DALLES : HEPPNER
AND WAY POINTS
Arrive Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Warehouse: KANE'S GARAGE Carl D. Spickerman, Agent
now appearing were designed by the
bureau of home economics of the
U. S. department of agriculture,
and were ready when the shortage
of silk and nylon developed.
These new stockings are full fash
ioned, which means that they are
knitted to shape to the ankle and
curve of the leg so that they fit
snugly. Numerous other construction
features include foot reinforcements
for soles, heels, and toes, and two
way stretch tops. The new hose are
provided in many popular colors
and styles, both for everyday wear
with house dresses and slacks, or in
designs so sheer that they are suit
able with dressier clothes and light
weight shoes.
FOR HIM.. FOR,
CHRISTMAS!
Jim doesn't know
it yet, but here's
that Hamilton he's
always wanted."
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Final Buying Date, Dec. 18
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Heppner, Oregon
We Salute You of the
Wheat Industry
and Welcome the Opportunity
To Serve You
O The growing of wheat is a vital industry
to many parts of this state. Since early pioneer
days, The First National Bank of Portland has
worked closely with the men who grow wheat.
Today, we match the modern methods of wheat
production with modern services of banking.
With 41 branches throughout the state, we offer
a more complete and convenient service than
ever before.
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